This respectable comedy policier from director Claude Zidi provides ample opportunity
for the comic genius Coluche to show his talents as both an actor and a comedian... [More...]
Director Alain Corneau shows consummate mastery of the policier
genre in this, his third, crime-thriller. Meticulously plotted, skilfully
assembled and wonderfully acted... [More...]
As producer, director, star and co-writer, Alain Delon makes an adequate job of this largely
conventional French thriller. Although hardly a classic... [More...]
A popular and cult classic of French cinema – and also a fair contender for the finest
example of French film noir of the 1980s – Tchao pantin is best remembered for
the contribution from its lead actor... [More...]
Maurice Pialat’s most improbable film is this daring variation on the film noir
thriller genre, which strangely presages the tough post-noir thrillers of the 1990s... [More...]
Director Gérard Oury is best known for his comic gems of the 1960s and 1970s –
films such as La Grande
vadrouille (1966) and
Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973) which were massive box office hits and
have... [More...]
Inspired by the decision of his friend Jacques Brel to abandon fame and fortune in France
for the tranquillity of the Marquesas Islands, director Claude Lelouch had little difficulty
selling the idea of Itinéraire... [More...]
With nearly eight million spectators and very favourable film reviews, La Vérité
si je mens! 2 was by far the most successful French film comedy... [More...]
